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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Fettler Killed. Fatality at Sulphide Junction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 7

George Hillyard, aged 45 years, a fettler, was killed by a train while he was at work on the Government railway line at the Sulphide Junction, yesterday…

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Street Accidents Cyclist Badly Hurt

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 5

Newcastle streets this morning were [?] of traffic and a couple of accidents happened. William Hughes (23), laborer, of Railway-street, junction,…

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Horse and Motor Car Collision at Maitland

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 3

Before Acting Judge Mocatta in the Maitland District Court to-day, Ethel Bevan secured a verdict for £12 from K. Hartcher for damages to a motor…

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Motor Car Fatality Boy Killed at Wickham

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 5

Henry George Serivener, aged 7½ years, who lived with his parents at 67 Northumberland-street, Maryville, was killed by being run over by a motor car in…

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Accidental Death Hannell-street Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

The district coroner, Mr. Hibble, conducted an inquest this afternoon concerning the death of Henry George Scrivener, seven years of age, of…

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Premature Explosion Merewether Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 5

During blasting operations John Bell (57) fixed three sticks of gelignite in the face at Merewether quarry this morning, when they prematurely…

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Motor Car Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 3

The death of Henry George Scribner, aged 7½ years, who was killed by being knocked down by a motor car at Wickham on Monday last was the subject of…

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Motor Car Accident. Broken Hill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1920 · page 4

A motor car containing Mr. W. G. Donaldson, Government Works engineer in the New South Wales Public Works Department, who had been transferred to Bourke,…

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Sydney Tram Accident. Sixteen People Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 5

Sixteen persons were injured in a rear end collision between two crowded trams in Botany-road, Waterloo, to-day. The accident occurred when the crowds…

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£40 DAMAGES Hunter-street Collision

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 5

Acting-Judge Mocatta, in the District Court this morning, awarded Edgar Walter Bailey £40 damages against Joseph Edward Yates and…

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Lithgow Fatality Blast Furnace Pipe Bursts LITHGOW

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 5

A 12-inch pipe at the blast furnace last night. John Stockwell, a greaser, was killed, and another employee names Methven was seriously…

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"I Am the President" Deschanels and the Gate Keeper Remarkable Accident French Leader Falls From Train London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 1

The Paris correspondent of "The Times" reports that President Deschanel, while travelling to Mont Brison to unveil a war memorial,…

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£150 Damages Steel-st. Collision Judge Finds Negligence

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 5

This morning Acting-Judge Mocatta entered a verdict for £150 damages in the claim by Moses Jones against R. H. B. Robertson, in respect to the…

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Accident to M. Deschanel. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 5

While proceeding to Montbrison, in the Loire, to unveil a memorial to M. Kaymond, an ex-Senator and aviator, M. Deschanel, the President of the French…

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"Rubber" President M. Deschanel's Accident Business Unhampered London, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 1

Advices from Paris state that everybody is marvelling at M. Deschanel's rubber like resiliency. Despite his accident yesterday be presided at the…

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Motor Car Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 May 1920 · page 4

For over a year now there have been numerous motor car accidents throughout the Dominion. Some of these have been of a serious nature. Several people have…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 5

Charles Forsyth, aged 28 years, a boilermaker, living at 126 Hannell-street. Wickham, and Reginald Horan, aged 24 years, a bricklayer, living at 124 in the…

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Man's Arm Crushed. Accident at Steel Works

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 5

Thomas William Green, aged 58 years, a rigger at the Steel Works, and living at 9 Ackeron-street, Mayfield, met with a Shocking accident While at work yesterday…

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Fireman in Flames Phosphorus in Clothes Station Officer Injured SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 5

Station-officer Gerrard, of Roselle, had a startling experience to-day. he had been attending to the fire among some phosphorus at the railway works…

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Carter Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 5

Arthur Rose, of Wooloha-street, Mayfield a carter in the employ of W. E. Bramble and Company fell under a cart this morning and was admitted…

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